The Romanian started the match with very aggressive tennis, dictating the game and leading 4-0 after only 15 minutes. Flipkens did put up a good defense, but hit many unforced errors.
Halep played her game and was very confident, winning all of her break points and improving her lead to 5-0. The sixth game was very tight, both players making many unforced errors, but also playing a few great points. Halep ended up taking the set 6-0 in just 25 minutes.
In the second set, Flipkens raised her level, but so did Halep, not giving Flipkens a chance and forcing her to make errors.